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Articles: Time Pass | India At Glance
- Mrs. varuna vadapalli
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General Information:
Population:
846 million (1991 Census)
Area:
3.3 million square kilometers
Geographical location:
Lies between latitudes 8 ° 4' and 37 ° 6 ' north and longitudes 68 ° 7 ' and 97 ° 25' east.
Coastline length:
7,600 km
Languages:
17 major languages, 844 dialects
Major religions:
Hinduism (Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) , Islam, Christianity.
National Anthem:
Jan gana mana written by Rabindranath Tagore
National Emblem:
Replica of the Lion Capital of Sarnath.
National Flag:
Horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a wheel in navy blue colour.
National Animal:
Tiger, Panthera tigris.
National Bird:
Peacock
National Flower:
Lotus
National Tree:
Banyan
National Fruit:
Mango
National currency:
Rupees (One Rupee =100 paise)
Political Structure:
India:
Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic.
The Indian Union:
26 States and six centrally administered Union Territories.
Form of government:
Parliamentary, based on universal adult franchise.
Legislature:
Parliament, consists of President and the two Houses, known as Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People ).
Executive :
Consists of President, Vice-President and Council of Ministers led by the Prime Minister.
Judiciary:
Independent of executive
Adopted from the Govt. of India Web Site
(http://www.meadev.gov.in)
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